The Broadway show
Breakfast at Tiffany’s almost had a surprise “guest” last week: the ashes of author Truman
Capote.

According to the
New York Post website, representatives offered to fly the ashes and their owner — Joanne
Carson, a former wife of talk-show host Johnny Carson — to New York. Joanne Carson was a close
friend of Capote’s.

Because of previous attempts to steal the ashes, however, the plan to take them to New York was
deemed too risky.

Capote, who wrote the novella
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, died in 1984 in Carson’s home in Bel Air, Calif. His ashes were
stolen from the house in 1988 and mysteriously returned.

The ashes were almost stolen a few years later when Carson brought them to a party to celebrate
Tru, a play about the author. The would-be thief was caught before he left.

According to
The Post, a spokesman for
Breakfast at Tiffany’s was quoted as saying that the show did try to bring Capote’s ashes
to the production.

“Joanne says he always wanted to (see) Holly Golightly open on Broadway, and we thought it would
have been poignant for the entire company. I think, ultimately, the risk of theft was just too
high, but he was certainly there in spirit.”